Last month, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, a die-hard MAGA
Republican who does not let the U.S. Constitution stand in the way of
defending his leader, sent Fulton County, Ga., Dist. Atty. Fani Willis a
list of demands for documents and information related to her
racketeering investigation and indictment of former President Trump and
his many, many co-conspirators.
He accused her of timing the indictments to impair Trump’s presidential campaign. He implied that her office had inappropriately used federal
funds for the investigation. And he alleged that she had improperly
coordinated with Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith, who
has charged the former president with conspiring to subvert American
democracy and with illegal handling of classified documents.
“Please provide this information as soon as possible but not later than
10:00 a.m. on September 7, 2023,” Jordan wrote.
Did Willis reply by Jordan’s deadline?
Did she ever.
“Chairman Jordan,” she wrote on Sept. 7, “I tell people often ‘deal with
reality or reality will deal with you.’ It is time that you deal with
some basic realities.”
First, and most important, she told the pugnacious former Ohio State
assistant wrestling coach to butt out.
“Your attempt to invoke congressional authority to intrude upon and
interfere with an active criminal case in Georgia is flagrantly at odds
with the Constitution,” Willis wrote. “That violation of Georgia’s sovereignty is offensive and will not stand.”
“While settled constitutional law clearly permits me to ignore your unjustified and illegal intrusion into an open state criminal
prosecution,” she wrote, “I will take a moment to voluntarily respond to parts of your letter.”
She gives Jordan the “Explain like I’m 5” treatment (a popular request
on Reddit). Noting that Jordan is not a lawyer, she asks him to allow
her “the opportunity to provide a brief tutorial on criminal conspiracy law.”
The timing of the Georgia RICO indictments, she wrote, is the result of uncooperative witnesses who required subpoenas to compel their
cooperation. Nor should Trump’s status as a political candidate make him immune from criminal prosecution. After all, he was “fully aware” of her investigation at the time he announced his candidacy.
“Here is another reality you must face,” she said. “Those who wish to avoid felony charges in Fulton County, Georgia, should not commit
felonies in Fulton County, Georgia.”
https://news.yahoo.com/column-trump-prosecutor-fani-willis-100803140.html
Brilliant.
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